Adjustable garment for children



Dec. 25, 1951 M. HOFFMAN ADJUSTABLE GARMENT FOR CHILDREN Filed Aug. `,9,1950 INVENTOR.- Q/@ ATTORNEYS.

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Patented Dec. 25, 1951 OFFICE ADJUSTABLE GARMENT. FOR (lHILDREN- MorrisHoffman, Pottstown, Pa.

Application August 9, 1950, Serial No. 178,445

2 Claims.

This invention has general reference to garments for children and, moreparticularly relates to the species generally known as sleeping suitscomprising plural components having capacity for variable adjustment toaccommodate growth of an infant, young child or junior.

Sleeping suits of the type referred to, while measurably satisfactoryusually are disadvantageous in that they are apt to developobjectionable gathering or puckering around the waist, abdominal, hipand buttock regions of the wearer, thereby causing discomfort anddisturbing the rest of the wearer.

The primary object of my invention is to overcome the above noteddisadvantages in a simple and practical manner, by provision of a threepart garment or sleeping suit for infants, young children and juniors,which can be varyingly adjusted, lengthwise and expandingly, toaccommodate growth of the wearer without incurring any discomfort. Y

With the just stated object, and subsidiary ones in view, my inventionessentially consists of a three-part garment or suit comprising an upperbody or shirt section, a lower skirt or trouser section, and anintervening or waist section capable of lengthwise, as well as expansiveor contractive,

adjustment between the body or shirt, and skirt or trouser sections asdesirable.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood and carried intoeffect, I will now describe the same by reference to the accompanyingsheet of illustrative drawings, wherein like characters of referencedesignate corresponding parts in all the views.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is frontal portraiture of a young boy dressed in a typicalembodiment, or sleeping suit, made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear View of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section in the midriff region of the improvedsleeping suit and including the lengthwise adjustable waist section;and,

Fig. 4 is a similar section to the preceding figure with the waistsection removed.

Referring more in detail to the drawings and particularly to Figs. 1 and2 thereof it will be observed that the improved sleeping suit showncomprises a shirt 5 including sleeves 6 6; a

trousers portion 'l embodying socks 8 8; and a lengthwise adjustable orremovable waist section 9. The shirt 5 is ofthe type preferably forfastening at the back and it is provided with male snap fastenercomponents I0 at the back and front; while the trousers 'l are similarlyequipped with spaced front and rear female snap fastener components l0.

It is also observable that the rear waist line of the trousers 1, Fig.2, is fitted with an elastic or other contractile strip H; and that thewaist section 9 is likewise provided with a corresponding strip i2, toeffect the customary even ingathering of the material to the waist ofthe wearer i3 (a young boy being depicted for example only) for neatnessin appearance and general comfort.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive the waist section 9 consists ofa body encircling band of like material to that of which the shirt 5 andtrousers 1 are made; said waist section 9 being provided with verticallyspaced and laterally positioned female snap fastener components i4 forcoaction with the upper complemental male components El) on the shirt 5;as well as the downwardly related snap fastener male components l5 forengagement with the female components if." on the trouser 1, as clearlyapparent from Fig. 3.

From the foregoing it will be readily understood that, when the sleepingsuit is first obtained, it will be of a size to fit the infant or childwithout insertion therein of the waist section S as typically indicatedby Fig. 4. It will also be equally apparent that, as the child outgrowsthe initial assembly of the parts 5, l, the waist section 9 is applied,in an obvious manner, as shown in Fig. 3; whereas a further relativeextension or enlargement of the suit may be enabled by providing saidwaist section 9 with a further set of spaced snap fastener malecomponents I5 engageable with components lil. In brief, as an infantgrows, my improved sleeping suit is expeditiously lengthened toaccommodate such growth; while it will further be appreciated myinvention is equally applicable to other garments such as rompers, sunand play suits, without departing from the basic feature of providing awaist section for insertion between a skirt or trousers and an upperbody portion or shirt.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In a garment for infants, young children and juniors, including anupper or shirt section and a trouser or lower section, and said lowersection including a contractable strip at the rear waist line, two-partfastener means, respectively secured to said sections for detachablyconnecting them together in operative association; and an adjustable orremovable waist section, also including a contractable strip at the rearwaist line insertable between the upper and lower garment sections, saidwaist-section having multiple,

vertically and laterally spaced, two-part fastener means on the innerand outer faces thereof for selective engagement with the correlatedmating fastener portions of the yupper and lower sections of thegarment, whereby said garment is adjustable lengthwise to accommodategrowth 0f the wearer.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein the waist section is equipped withattached vertically spaced female and male snap fastener components forselective opposed mating connection with those on the upper and lowergarment sections.

MORRIS HOFFMAN.

REFERENCES CITED l The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,137,659 Oilar Apr. 27, 19151,148,367 Elbaum Ju1y 27, 1915 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date20,150 Great Britain Oct. 31, 1896

